v. Obs. [f. BE- 6 + HEAVEN.] trans. To endow with celestial bliss, to beatify.

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1601.  W. Parry, Sherley’s Trav. (1863), 4. Such a man … woulde be beheavened with the joy.

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1609.  J. Davies, Holy Roode, Wks. 1876, I. 7. O faire Jerusalem … Yet wast beheau’nd through blessed Bethelem.

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